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Vol. 3 Issue 1 - Jan. 2008
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Pharma Retail
As the big players zoomed in on pharma retail, the small retailers planned their own strategies. Not as glamorous as apparel perhaps, but health & wellness is a very strong platform for retailers – big and small.
Chillibreeze Research Team
 Small pharmaceutical retailers team up to compete with large chains
e-Commerce
2007 also marked a significant, if subdued, uptrend in e-commerce. The buzz is quieter only in comparison to the roar in the 1990s, because this time e-retailers are making sure they get one step right before they take the next.
Chillibreeze Research Team
E-commerce in India to reach $100 billion
Focus on existing online shoppers’
SpiceJet plans joint venture with UK-based online retailer
Lifestyle & Luxury
The development of high streets in India is underway. Apart from exclusive “by-invite” only malls, we also have retailers who are planning stores to exclusively retail international brands.
Chillibreeze Research Team
Wadhawan enters lifestyle retail
Home Décor stores catching on
Rajesh Exports to launch 9 jewelry brands in Bangalore
International
Two players that showed interest, then backed out, are now again very much in – Carrefour and Starbucks have plans to enter India soon. Amway, the direct marketer is now focusing on the mid-market. Fashion houses and brands which have been sourcing from India for some time are now keen to enter the country as sellers too.
Chillibreeze Research Team
Carrefour to have several partnerships
Starbucks ties up with PVR to enter Indian market
Amway to focus on middle-income group
Calvin Klein plans to position itself as premium denim brand
Gautier and Ebony form JV for exclusive stores
Reliance looks to build direct sales to Europe and US
Gloria Jean’s to open coffee chain in India
Liz Claiborne looks to Indian market |
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Editorial
In the book ‘The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy’, an alien calls himself Ford Prefect to blend in with what to him seems the predominant life form on Earth. If he were to land in India anytime in late 2008 – it might be a retail outlet or…the Nano, Tata’s one-lakh car, as some of its detractors claim. We would prefer to leave the debate on the Nano to experts, and will comment on our area of interest - the roll-out planned by retail majors in 2008.
Most players are planning on increasing their number of stores, there are several international brands planning India forays in 2008 and one study indicates that the number of malls would go up from 158 to a whopping 600 by 2010.
Amidst the fears and protests over organized retail and rising rentals, there are some positives too. There are murmurs that the “FDI in retail” debate would tend to favour opening up of the sector this year. Starbucks, Wal-Mart and Carrefour will be making their India forays in 2008. A host of international brands, predominantly from glamorous segments like fashion, apparel, lifestyle and luxury, are waiting in the wings for their show to begin. All in all, it certainly promises to be a very exciting year for retail in India.
 Chillibreeze Research Team
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Big players - Plans and Investments |
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A brand new year brings with it brand new plans for retail majors. Lots of activity planned for 2008 - Reliance focuses on specialty formats, restructuring its retail business and planning an IPO. Trent, Bharti, Home Retail, Mega Mart, Spencer’s are all planning to increase their number of stores.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Big Players...
 Reliance Retail and Bata form alliance
Mahindra & Mahindra to enter lifestyle segment
Bharti keen on acquiring Big Apple supermarket chain
Spencer’s looks to focus on specialty formats Megamart to focus on tier II cities in south India
Home Solutions to increase stores
Trent to launch value format stores
Trent to double stores by 2010
Reliance Retail to shift to being supplier
Reliance Brands to focus on brand acquisitions
Home Retail to pump in Rs. 500 crore for eZone and Electronic Bazaar
Reliance Retail launches its books and music format
Reliance restructures retail business
Bharti Retail to launch stores by March 2008
Indiabulls acquires Piramyd Retail
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Apparel & Footwear |
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There is a lot in store for those who look upon apparel and shoes shopping as serious retail therapy (please note, we are not singling out the women). New brands, more variety and a focus on quality will be buzzwords in apparel retail in 2008.
Chillibreeze Research Team
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Apparel & Footwear...
Apparel brands gear up for 2008
Apparel companies focus on women’s wear segment
Feedback
We continue inching forward; always learning more about the sector that has India interested and excited. Our Retail Newsletter, is being downloaded nearly through the month.more importantly, we have an increasing number of readers posting a query on our site India Reports (www.india-reports.com). This is feedback of another kind; it keeps us on the roll, thinking and analyzing as we answer these queries, and prepares us to move on to the next level with new reports and analysis.
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In an effort to build our retail bouquet of information on India Reports, we have initiated a Consumer Reports section, where you can put up your views of and experiences at retail outlets…the good and the bad (http://www.india-reports.com/biz-buz.aspx.). We plan to feature some of these contributions in our future issues.
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Luxury Retailing in India
Read weekly Perspectives and Business Trends.
Read Consumer Reports and Best of India series
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General Trends & Information |
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Good news for HR managers and those seeking courses in retail - the Retailers Association of India is offering a PG Programme in Retail Management with a tie up with 15 business schools in India. Rising rentals cause retailers to look for new strategies in the metros. Value or discount stores are a big draw.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
General Trends & Information...
Retail FDI likely to be permitted in three phases
India’s retail sector to reach $365 billion in 2008
Common entrance test for retail
Increasing rental rates cut into retailers’ margins
Govt. to set up designers’ streets to attract foreign tourists
India’s largest mall on the anvil
The rise of the private label
Regional brands get a boost thanks to large retailers
Kirana stores will survive alongside big retail: ICRIER study
FICCI-Ernst & Young report estimates organized retail will reach $30 billion in three years
Discount retail is the winning formula
 Buy our just published reports on the Cheese and Wine Industry in India.
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Government Policy |
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The UP Govt. may not be as closed to organized retailing as it earlier appeared, but retailers are still unsure of their plans in the state. Meanwhile, officials indicate that the retail sector would be opened to FD if kirana stores were not affected adversely.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Government Policy...
UP Chief Minister says she is not against corporate retail FDI in retail if kirana stores not affected: Sahai
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Regional Trends |
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Reliance Retail has several specialty format stores in Bangalore, the latest being its consumer durables store. Small traders in Kerala, meanwhile are protesting the opening of organized retail outlets in the state.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Regional Trends...
Reliance Digital opens in Bangalore
Spencer’s upbeat on Kerala expansion, despite protests
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About Luxury Retailing Report: Indian consumers are a happy lot, with so much activity on to woo them. Companies are vying to design, develop and deliver the products and services their consumers want. One segment that has suddenly come into focus is luxury and lifestyle retail. View it against a backdrop of traditional Indian thrift, and you will see why the interest it is garnering is grabbing more eyeballs than other retail segments. This report looks at the industry, key concerns and what luxury marketers need to do to leverage this huge opportunity. |
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